A living tree : the roots and growth of Jewish law /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Dorff, Elliot N.
Autor Corporativo: Jewish Theological Seminary of America
Otros Autores: Rosett, Arthur I. (Arthur Irwin), 1934-2011
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Albany, N.Y. : State University of New York Press, ©1988.
Colección:UPCC book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Jewish law > History.
Jewish law.
Personal injuries (Jewish law)
Marriage (Jewish law)
Conflict of laws (Jewish law)
Droit juif > Histoire.
Dommage corporel (Droit juif)
Mariage > Droit juif.
Droit international privé (Droit juif)
Droit juif.
LAW > Customary.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Government > Comparative.
Joods recht.
Includes indexes.
"A centennial publication of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America."
"Multi-User"
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front Matter
  • Half Title Page
  • Title Page
  • Copyright Page
  • Dedication Page
  • Table of Contents
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Content
  • PART I: The Literature and Methodsof Jewish Law
  • Introduction
  • A. THE ORIGINS AND AIMS OF THIS BOOK
  • B. THE STRUCTURE AND METHODS OF THIS BOOK
  • C. WHO ARE THE JEWS?
  • D. COMMON MISCONCEPTIONS ABOUT JEWISH LAW
  • Topic One: Biblical Law
  • A. THE BIBLICAL WORLD
  • B. FUNDAMENTALIST AND HISTORICAL APPROACHES TO THE BIBLE
  • C. THE STRUCTURE AND CONTENTS OF THE BIBLE
  • D. THE BIBLICAL LAW CODES
  • Topic Two: The Biblical Law of InjuryA. THE COVENANT CODE'S TREATMENT OF PERSONAL INJURY
  • B. THE CODE Of HAMMURABI
  • C. THE HITTITE LAWS
  • Topic Tllree: Biblical Jurisprudence
  • A. LAW AND WORLD VIEW
  • B. BIBLICAL METHODS Of RESOLVING DISPUTES
  • C. THE SOURCE OF THE LAW AND LEGAL OBEDIENCE: THE COVENANT
  • D. REASONS FOR OBEYING THE LAW
  • E. LAW AND JUSTICE IN THE BIBLE: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MORAL NORMS AND GOD'S WORD
  • F. BIBLICAL LAW AND CHANGE: ADAPTING DIVINE LAW TO NEW CIRCUMSTANCES
  • Topic Four: Rabbinic Law of Injuries
  • A. AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND LITERATURE OF THE SECOND TEMPLE AND RABBINIC PERIODSB. MIDRASH HALAKHAH
  • C. MISHNAH
  • D. CALIFORNIA JURY INSTRUCTIONS
  • E. GEMARA ON INJURIES: BAVA KAMMA 83b-84a, 85a-86a, 86b, 90b
  • F. SECTARIAN LAWS OF INJURIES
  • Topic Five: The Oral Torah: Rabbinic Exegesis and Oral Traditions
  • A. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT I: EXEGESIS AND ITS JUSTIFICATION
  • B. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT-I: THE METHODS ANDUSE OF EXEGESIS
  • C. Two WAYS OF DEALING WITH A FIXED TEXT-II: THE ORALTRADITION
  • D. Continuity and Change
  • E. The Limits of the Flexibility of the Text and the Tradition: Opposition Movements in Jewish Legal HistoryTopic Six: The Authority and Morality of the Tradition
  • A. THE BASIS FOR OBEDIENCE OF THE LAW
  • B. LAW AND MORALITY
  • Topic Seven: Rabbinic Court Procedures
  • A. THE STRUCTURE AND JURISDICTION OF COURTS
  • B. SYSTEMS OF PROOF AND RULES OF EVIDENCE
  • C. PROBLEMS WITH USING COURTS
  • D. ALTERNATIVES TO COURTS
  • Topic Eight: The Responsa Literature
  • A. THE TALMUDIC AND GEONIC PERIODS: HESITANT BEGINNINGS
  • B. THE ELEVENTH TO FIFTEENTH CENTURIES: FRANCO-GERMANY AND SPAIN-NORTH AFRICAC. THE SIXTEENTH TO TWENTIETH CENTURIES: THE AHARONIM OF THE EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN AND EASTERN EUROPE
  • D. WORLD WAR II-PRESENT: AMERICA: FOUR MOVEMENTS, FOUR CONCEPTIONS OF JEWISH LAW
  • E. WORLD WAR II-PRESENT: ISRAEL
  • Topic Nine: Codes
  • A. THE TYPES OF CODES AND THEIR USE
  • B. THE LITERATURE OF JEWISH CODIFICATION
  • C. PROS AND CONS OF CODIFICATION
  • D, EXAMPLE OF CODIFICATION: MAIMONIDES ON PERSONAL INJURIES
  • Topic Ten: Legislation (Takkanot)

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